Solution

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The conserved total angular momentum is , and the black-hole spin magnitude is
The initial hole is noncollinear with the total vector, so persistent positive alignment torque leads to the positive direction. The final vectors are
The final disk magnitude is , smaller than its initial magnitude one, and its direction is parallel to the hole. Their sum remains .

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